Police open docket after accident involving a molasses tanker leaves five dead

THE police have opened a culpable homicide docket after five people died in an accident involving three vehicles on the R603 at Umbumbulu on Saturday evening.

ER24 spokesperson Vanessa Jackson said the cab of a tanker carrying molasses became disconnected from the rest of the vehicle and came to rest on top of a Toyota Tazz, crushing the vehicle beneath its weight.

In the aftermath, an occupant of the Toyota Tazz was found dead in the vehicle, while one of the two occupants of the tanker died and the other sustained moderate injuries.

All three occupants of a bakkie also involved in the accident — a woman, man and young girl — also died at the scene.

Jackson said a second survivor of the accident was found walking around the scene and taken to hospital.

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